Gary Prescott: Britain Year List 2015 BOU, All records: Target Species Record(s) 1 to 345 of 345 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 7 2 2 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii Yes 9 3 3 Ross's Goose Anser rossii Yes 1 0 4 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 13 4 5 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 22 7 6 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 61 20 7 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Yes 4 1 8 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa Yes 0 0 9 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors Yes 2 0 10 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Yes 0 0 11 Black Duck Anas rubripes Yes 5 1 12 Canvasback Aythya valisineria Yes 0 0 13 Redhead Aythya americana Yes 0 0 14 Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri Yes 0 0 15 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Yes 69 23 16 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi Yes 0 0 17 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri Yes 0 0 18 Black Scoter Melanitta americana Yes 17 5 19 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Yes 1 0 20 Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Yes 0 0 21 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Yes 17 5 22 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 28 9 23 Quail Coturnix coturnix 61 20 24 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Yes 0 0 25 Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius Yes 0 0 26 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Yes 0 0 27 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Yes 0 0 28 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 23 7 29 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus Yes 2 0 30 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Yes 0 0 31 Little Swift Apus affinis Yes 0 0 32 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Yes 0 0 33 Great Bustard Otis tarda Yes 2 0 34 Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii Yes 0 0 35 Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax Yes 43 14 36 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Yes 3 1 37 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Yes 0 0 38 Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yes 0 0 39 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus Yes 0 0 40 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Yes 1 0 41 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Yes 1 0 42 Sora Rail Porzana carolina Yes 0 0 43 American Coot Fulica americana Yes 0 0 44 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Yes 0 0 45 American Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Yes 0 0 46 Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Yes 0 0 47 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla Yes 0 0 48 Little Crake Zapornia parva Yes 3 1 49 Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Yes 0 0 50 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 29 9 51 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 50 17 52 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Yes 4 1 53 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Yes 0 0 54 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Yes 0 0 55 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Yes 0 0 56 Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius Yes 0 0 57 White-tailed Plover Vanellus leucurus Yes 0 0 58 Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus Yes 0 0 59 Tibetan Sand Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons Yes 0 0 60 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus Yes 0 0 61 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii Yes 0 0 62 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 3 1 63 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Yes 0 0 64 Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Yes 35 11 65 Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus Yes 0 0 66 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Yes 83 28 67 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Yes 0 0 68 Great Snipe Gallinago media Yes 0 0 69 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Yes 0 0 70 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Yes 37 12 71 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Yes 25 8 72 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Yes 24 8 73 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Yes 0 0 74 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Yes 0 0 75 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 1 0 76 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Yes 85 28 77 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Yes 0 0 78 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Yes 39 13 79 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Yes 0 0 80 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Yes 0 0 81 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Yes 0 0 82 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Yes 0 0 83 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis 18 6 84 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Yes 1 0 85 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Yes 1 0 86 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos 70 23 87 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri Yes 0 0 88 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Yes 10 3 89 Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor Yes 0 0 90 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Yes 0 0 91 Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Yes 12 4 92 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Yes 5 1 93 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Yes 0 0 94 Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Yes 0 0 95 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Yes 0 0 96 Least Tern Sternula antillarum Yes 0 0 97 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Yes 14 4 98 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Yes 0 0 99 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Yes 0 0 100 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 128 43 101 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 71 24 102 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 0 0 103 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 33 11 104 Cabot's Tern Thalasseus acuflavidus Yes 0 0 105 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans Yes 0 0 106 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Yes 0 0 107 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Yes 0 0 108 Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea Yes 1 0 109 Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Yes 0 0 110 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini 45 15 111 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Yes 0 0 112 Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia Yes 42 14 113 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan Yes 0 0 114 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Yes 0 0 115 Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Yes 0 0 116 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 87 29 117 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Yes 1 0 118 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens Yes 0 0 119 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus Yes 0 0 120 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 43 14 121 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Yes 0 0 122 Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata Yes 0 0 123 Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix Yes 0 0 124 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia Yes 0 0 125 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus Yes 0 0 126 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Yes 3 1 127 White-billed Diver Gavia adamsii 20 6 128 Wilson's Petrel Oceanites oceanicus 3 1 129 Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos Yes 0 0 130 Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris Yes 0 0 131 Swinhoe's Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Yes 0 0 132 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 16 5 133 Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis Yes 0 0 134 Zino's Petrel Pterodroma madeira Yes 0 0 135 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata Yes 0 0 136 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis 15 5 137 Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea Yes 0 0 138 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 23 7 139 Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan Yes 0 0 140 Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli Yes 1 0 141 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Yes 54 18 142 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 2 0 143 Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila Yes 0 0 144 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes 0 0 145 Red-footed Booby Sula sula Yes 0 0 146 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Yes 0 0 147 Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum Yes 0 0 148 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Yes 0 0 149 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 0 0 150 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Yes 0 0 151 Green Heron Butorides virescens Yes 0 0 152 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Yes 19 6 153 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Yes 0 0 154 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Yes 30 10 155 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 15 5 156 Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus Yes 0 0 157 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Yes 0 0 158 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus Yes 0 0 159 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus Yes 0 0 160 Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Yes 2 0 161 Black Kite Milvus migrans 3 1 162 Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus Yes 0 0 163 Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funereus Yes 0 0 164 Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Yes 0 0 165 Scops Owl Otus scops Yes 0 0 166 Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus Yes 0 0 167 Roller Coracias garrulus Yes 0 0 168 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Yes 0 0 169 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Yes 0 0 170 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Yes 0 0 171 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Yes 0 0 172 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Yes 0 0 173 Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus 87 29 174 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Yes 0 0 175 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae Yes 0 0 176 Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus Yes 0 0 177 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Yes 0 0 178 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Yes 0 0 179 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Yes 19 6 180 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Yes 0 0 181 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Yes 0 0 182 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Yes 3 1 183 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Yes 0 0 184 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yes 0 0 185 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 25 8 186 Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus Yes 0 0 187 Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Yes 0 0 188 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 20 6 189 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus Yes 52 17 190 Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides Yes 0 0 191 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Yes 2 0 192 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Yes 0 0 193 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes Yes 1 0 194 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 82 27 195 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Yes 0 0 196 White-winged Lark Alauda leucoptera Yes 0 0 197 Crested Lark Galerida cristata Yes 0 0 198 Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla 12 4 199 Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata Yes 0 0 200 Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra Yes 0 0 201 Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Yes 0 0 202 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Yes 1 0 203 Purple Martin Progne subis Yes 0 0 204 Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris Yes 71 24 205 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 29 9 206 American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Yes 0 0 207 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Yes 4 1 208 Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis Yes 0 0 209 Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei Yes 56 19 210 Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus 76 25 211 Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus Yes 0 0 212 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 30 10 213 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus Yes 0 0 214 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Yes 0 0 215 Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus Yes 0 0 216 Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Yes 0 0 217 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Yes 0 0 218 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Yes 8 2 219 Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola Yes 0 0 220 Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola Yes 15 5 221 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris 37 12 222 Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Yes 1 0 223 Booted Warbler Iduna caligata Yes 7 2 224 Sykes's Warbler Iduna rama Yes 0 0 225 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Yes 0 0 226 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Yes 0 0 227 Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum Yes 0 0 228 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 53 18 229 Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina 30 10 230 River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis Yes 0 0 231 Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides Yes 0 0 232 Fan-tailed Warbler Cisticola juncidis Yes 0 0 233 Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis Yes 0 0 234 Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris Yes 0 0 235 Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana Yes 0 0 236 Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli Yes 0 0 237 Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala Yes 6 2 238 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 3 1 239 Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans Yes 4 1 240 Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata Yes 0 0 241 Marmora's Warbler Curruca sarda Yes 0 0 242 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula Yes 0 0 243 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Yes 0 0 244 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria Yes 0 0 245 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla Yes 1 0 246 Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Yes 0 0 247 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Yes 0 0 248 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Yes 0 0 249 Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Yes 0 0 250 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Yes 0 0 251 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Yes 11 3 252 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Yes 0 0 253 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Yes 11 3 254 Veery Catharus fuscescens Yes 0 0 255 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Yes 1 0 256 Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica Yes 0 0 257 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Yes 0 0 258 Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis Yes 0 0 259 Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis Yes 0 0 260 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Yes 0 0 261 Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Yes 0 0 262 American Robin Turdus migratorius Yes 0 0 263 Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas galactotes Yes 0 0 264 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Yes 0 0 265 White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis Yes 0 0 266 Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia Yes 0 0 267 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Yes 0 0 268 Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Yes 0 0 269 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Yes 0 0 270 Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Yes 2 0 271 Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri Yes 0 0 272 Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis Yes 0 0 273 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Yes 0 0 274 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Yes 0 0 275 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus Yes 32 10 276 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina Yes 1 0 277 Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti Yes 4 1 278 Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica Yes 0 0 279 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka Yes 7 2 280 Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca Yes 14 4 281 White-crowned Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga Yes 0 0 282 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia Yes 0 0 283 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis Yes 0 0 284 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris Yes 0 0 285 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella Yes 0 0 286 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yes 1 0 287 Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii Yes 47 15 288 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris Yes 1 0 289 Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi Yes 21 7 290 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Yes 47 15 291 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens Yes 0 0 292 Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina Yes 0 0 293 Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Yes 0 0 294 Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus Yes 0 0 295 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 44 14 296 Arctic Redpoll Acanthis hornemanni 0 0 297 Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus 5 1 298 Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica 23 7 299 Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Yes 0 0 300 Serin Serinus serinus 35 11 301 Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos Yes 0 0 302 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia Yes 0 0 303 Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia Yes 28 9 304 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata Yes 0 0 305 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys Yes 0 0 306 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica Yes 0 0 307 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Yes 0 0 308 Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala Yes 0 0 309 Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps Yes 0 0 310 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala Yes 0 0 311 Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi Yes 0 0 312 Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus Yes 0 0 313 Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Yes 0 0 314 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Yes 0 0 315 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Yes 0 0 316 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Yes 0 0 317 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Yes 0 0 318 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus Yes 0 0 319 Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Yes 0 0 320 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Yes 0 0 321 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Yes 0 0 322 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Yes 0 0 323 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Yes 0 0 324 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Yes 0 0 325 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Yes 0 0 326 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Yes 0 0 327 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina Yes 0 0 328 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Yes 0 0 329 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Yes 0 0 330 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yes 0 0 331 Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina Yes 0 0 332 Northern Parula Setophaga americana Yes 0 0 333 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia Yes 0 0 334 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea Yes 0 0 335 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca Yes 0 0 336 Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva Yes 0 0 337 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Yes 0 0 338 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata Yes 0 0 339 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata Yes 0 0 340 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis Yes 0 0 341 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Yes 4 1 342 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Yes 0 0 343 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Yes 0 0 344 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Yes 0 0 345 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Yes 0 0